They're now on Dpreview. Nothing new, although they say we can expect weather seals. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0609/06092102pentaxdastarlenses.asp -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "John Forbes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The only reason for not releasing the lenses now is surely capacity. > > John > > On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:27:01 +0100, Toralf Lund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > John Francis wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 06:52:46PM -0700, Joseph Tainter wrote: > >> > >>> The sentence I found most interesting: > >>> > >>> These products are designed for exclusive use with > >>> PENTAX K- and *istD-series digital SLR cameras. > >>> > >>> So they *do* intend to keep old-style focussing ability (the > >>> so-called screwdriver drive) as well as SDM. > >>> > >>> ----- > >>> > >>> I hope you are right, John. But the statement could refer only to the > >>> image circle. These are DA lenses. > >>> > >> > >> Well, that's possible. But in that case I would have expected the > >> wording to be more like "...designed for use with the Pentax K DSLRS > >> and can also be used on the *istD-series bodies, with restrictions". > >> > > What I notice that they have cleverly avoided saying that the lenses > > will feature a direct-drive motor. They just state that the mount will > > have power contacts for one. Maybe they haven't even decided what the > > focusing setup will look like? Perhaps they are testing a new setup, but > > are keeping the options of using screwdriver focus *only*, in case they > > can't the new stuff to work out right by the time they need to release > > the lenses? > > > > - Toralf > > > > > > > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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